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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Youthful vitality.
(b) Unthinking selfishness.
(c) Physical sensations.
(d) Passionate emotion.

2. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(b) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.
(c) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.
(d) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.

3. What kind of building is an abbey?
(a) A country home.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A monastery or convent.
(d) A castle.

4. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Metaphor.

5. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A fish.
(b) A wild boar.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides in his heart and mind, where does the speaker say he felt "sensations sweet" when he remembered the landscape (28)?

2. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

3. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?

4. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?

5. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?

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